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E lectric buses could contribute significantly to lowering emissions, less noise from
traffic, and a more efficient use of energy in public transport, and several cities in
Sweden have already started to introduce them as part of their public transport
systems. These buses however, need to recharge to continue operating, which
requires a significant investment in infrastructure that can be both expensive
and complicated.
The Stockholm city council is currently investigating the possibility of switching to electric
bus transport in the city within the next 10 years. An important part of the investigation
involves the evaluation of various business models to look at the economics of such an
ambitious project and to evaluate possible risks.
As part of a project initiated with 2016 Young Scientists Summer Program participant,
Maria Xylia from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden, researchers from the IIASA
Ecosystems Services and Management Program worked on the development and testing of
a model based on the IIASA BeWhere model approach. The aim was to help determine the
optimal distribution of charging infrastructure for electric buses in Stockholm. The project
concluded in December 2017 and the results were reported to the Swedish Energy Agency
who was funding the project.
The city council’s investigation on whether electric buses are the way to go for Stockholm
will continue in 2018.
“I have been part of the discussions around the ongoing investigation of the potential for
implementing electric busses. The results we produced on the charging time analysis and inner
city electrification are of particular interest and this is what we have mostly contributed to
the discussion,” says Xylia, who is also one of the authors of a paper on this work published
in the journal Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. AH
Further info Xylia M, Leduc S, Patrizio P, Kraxner F, & Silveira S (2017). Locating charging infrastructure for electric
buses in Stockholm. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 78: 183-200. [pure.iiasa.ac.at/14474]
Sylvain Leduc leduc@iiasa.ac.at science into policyiiasa
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Facilitating co-operation in
turbulent times
As part of its science-diplomacy mandate,
IIASA convened a high-level event on the
margins of the 24th Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Ministerial Council in Vienna. The event
brought together policymakers, diplomats,
scientists, and business representatives to
discuss how to promote connectivity,
strengthen economic ties, and create new
business opportunities in the greater
European and Eurasian space despite
current political tensions. IIASA will
continue to provide scientific input to the
activities of the OSCE in 2018.
www.iiasa.ac.at/events/OSCE-17
Accounting for diversity
The results of a recent study by IIASA
researchers working on the Socioeconomic
Heterogeneity in Model Applications
project, revealed that differences in a
population’s consumption behaviors across
socioeconomic groups play an important
role in accurately predicting the
environmental impacts of countries’
economic activities. The project has led to
significant methodological advances and
substantive insights in the different IIASA
domains addressed by the cross-cutting
team, and has laid a foundation from which
multiple research and policy applications
can be developed in the future.
pure.iiasa.ac.at/14771
Keeping track of climate targets
A study by IIASA researchers provided an
overview of projected emissions in 25 major
emitting countries and regions up to 2030,
based on currently implemented climate
policies. The study concluded that more
than a third of these countries are not on
track to achieve their own national targets.
The results highlight the importance of
countries implementing more stringent
climate policies so that global warming can
be limited to well below 2°C. It also
emphasizes the necessity for international
collaborations to monitor and assess
countries’ efforts to mitigate climate
change, and devise policies that provide
measurable contributions to do so.
www.iiasa.ac.at/news/NDCs-17
In 2015, Sweden announced an ambitious aim to become
one of the first nations to end its dependence on fossil
fuels. Work done by IIASA researchers in collaboration
with Swedish partners, is now contributing to discussions
to make this goal a reality.
Shaping the future of public
transport in Sweden
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Volume summer 2018
- Title
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- Volume
- summer 2018
- Location
- Laxenburg
- Date
- 2018
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY-NC 4.0
- Size
- 21.0 x 29.7 cm
- Pages
- 28
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